Author: veggiegirlmarlow
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Australia and Vietnam Revisited 2025 -Trang An
The temperature has warmed up considerably today. I still took my down jacket out with me though (didn’t need it) and forgot my sunglasses(did need them). We were a bit tardy getting ready today as we’d had such a good day yesterday, we were worried about doing a similar thing at Trang An and it…
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Australia and Vietnam Revisited 2025 -Tam Coc
We had very noisy neighbours last night, screeching away until 2am. Annoying but thank goodness for ear plugs and a white noise machine – we were able to get back to sleep. Today we decided to do everything that Tam Coc has to offer. Designated a UNESCO site, you can be rowed along a river…
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Australia and Vietnam Revisited 2025 – Cuc Phoung national park Ninh Binh
Breakfast was a bit of a mixed bag today. There were pancakes -hurrah- and horrible coffee -boo. Today was a trip to Cuc Phoung, the oldest national park in Vietnam. We’re not keen on tours, we much prefer to do stuff independently, but Vietnam is the Land of Tours so off we went. Also you…
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Australia and Vietnam Revisited 2025 – Hanoi/Ninh binh
Our gym plans were thwarted today as another couple were already in there. It’s a British thing I know, but it would have been too awkward squeezing round them, apologising, waiting politely for equipment etc. We decided instead to walk to the Uniqlo store down near the lake. Observation number 1 of the day –…
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Australia and Vietnam Revisited 2025 – Hanoi day 2
The weather was a bit brighter today as were we. We managed to complete a short workout in the gym early this morning and rewarded ourselves with a big breakfast. I forgot to mention our visit to Train Street yesterday. You may well have seen videos of this – a narrow train track that is…
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Australia and Vietnam Revisited 2025 – Hanoi day 1
I felt as flat as a pancake today. This is only to be expected, a usual reaction of mine when saying goodbye to loved ones and moving on. I always feel like just going home. This time also not helped by a sad anniversary and the bloody awful weather. The weather! Foggy, wet and cold.…
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Australia and Vietnam Revisited 2025 – Adelaide Ooma’s 100th birthday
Family gatherings are intimate things, and when the much loved, but frail matriarch of that family reaches one hundred years old it’s emotionally charged. It’s far too intimate to be discussed in this blog but I do feel a novel coming on which will be written in my dotage. Maybe. What I can say is…
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Australia and Vietnam Revisited 2025 – Ozling time Days 4-8
Ian and Kylie have generously used some of their precious leave to spend time with us. Kylie in particular has assumed the role of Entertainments Executive. When she isn’t guiding us around various local hotspots, she’s pointing us in the right direction of various walks to do and places to see, giving us full instructions…
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Australia and Vietnam Revisited 2025 – Ozling time Days 1-3
We have arrived in Australia on the weekend before Australia Day, also the last hurrah of the kid’s summer holidays. It’s going to be busy. On our last visit to Oz in 2016, Ian and Kylie lived in Noosa. The house they rented got sold for redevelopment and a care home for the elderly has…
Middle-aged flash packers 